What county are you in? It took me this long for Delaware county. if you read closely, they have 45 business days which technically could take you into December!. I filed mine on Oct 2 and received approval on Nov 17th. Be patient. it should arrive any day now. Did the sherrif contact your references yet? My 2 friends were pleased to get 7am wake up calls from the sherrif! I personally would not rock the boat. The last thing you want to do is piss off the sherrif which could cause more delays

Originally posted by paccw I walked into montgomery co courthouse and walked out with new ID card in about 20 minutes.

Renewal is not hard to do at all.Go to the courthouse you get your ID card from.

I had the same experience in MontCo. I waited three days for my local police to run a check on me. Then I simply headed to the courthouse and was in and out in all of 15/20 minutes. I got there before the office technically opens but the guy was nice and took care of my anyway.

This is a grey subject that still has no official answer. I too am carrying with only my Florida permit right now since the courthouse was closed today to pick up my renewal. SOme people say it is fine, others say you should not.

According to the Florida web page..."Florida issues concealed carry licenses to qualified individuals regardless of whether or not they are Florida residents. MICHIGAN and NEW HAMPSHIRE will honor the Florida license ONLY IF the license holder is a legal resident of Florida"

There is no mention of PA.

I also wonder that since I am approved to pick up my new PA permit, that I am officially covered from the date of approval even though I may not posses the actual license?

Originally posted by orangehole I also wonder that since I am approved to pick up my new PA permit, that I am officially covered from the date of approval even though I may not posses the actual license?

Technically I would say sure you are covered, but get checked by a cop, you have a gun but no license on you then I think he is not going to believe "but officer my permit is at the courthouse waiting for me to pick it up." If you did, then you would be dam lucky.

Delco is tough!
If they cant get ahold of your references, you gotta wait.
Both of my references were local buisnessmen, and the Sheriffs office called them both at about 6-7 PM when they are on their way home!
Why not call them at their buisness during the day?
It took me about 45 days (total) to get my renewal last year.

Try calling and explaining your situation calmly and nicely, something like "I put in my renewal 60 days ago, now my prior one has expired, when can I expect my new one. At this time I am unable to carry and I feel unsafe, is there anything we (yes we) can do to expedite the process?"

(12) A person who has a lawfully issued license to carry a firearm pursuant to section 6109 (relating to licenses) and that said license expired within six months prior to the date of the arrest and that individual is otherwise elgible for renewal of the license.

(subsection A just defines carrying without a current license as a crime. subsection b provides exceptions to that being a crime.)

this means (assuming you have not somehow become ineligible to have an LTCF) that you are still covered by your old PA LTCF since it expired within the last 6 months. (a cop might still arrest you as some of them don't seem to really know PA gun laws very well, but it won't hold up in court.)

(note: the version of the PA UFA availble on AOL seems to be out of date. it does not contain this paragraph or paragraph 13 of section 6106. however, the AOL version is dated 2000 and the BATFE version is dated 2003.)

btw, the UFA says "days" not "business days". nowhere in the entire thing does the term "business days" even appear. so this crap about sheriffs claiming they can take 45 business days is just that...crap.

Originally posted by FortyCaliber Delco seems to be a little behind on their permit checks. I never had this problem before.

Doesn't the sheriff's office work 7 days a week anyway?

Not in Delco! See next post

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